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Marneet Lewis represents Oregon as a 2010 Cherry Blossom Princess. As a princess, Lewis participated in a variety of educational, cultural and charitable events during Washington D.C.’s National Cherry Blossom Festival, a two-week event in April that commemorates a gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Tokyo to Washington D.C. in 1912. Lewis was selected by the Oregon State Society, which is a member of the National Conference of State Societies. She was among nearly 50 state and embassy princesses who represent their states - and countries in the case of embassy princesses – and share their traditions and cultures with each other and festival visitors. The experience gave Lewis a new appreciation for all that Oregon has to offer. “I am more proud than ever to be an Oregonian,” she says.

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Tristan Furnary broke

three MAC records at the state swim meet in February. He set club records in the 50-meter freestyle, 50-meter back- stroke and 100-meter backstroke. He’s been a MAC swimmer for nearly four years, and he’s qualified to compete at state and sectionals three times. Last year, Furnary’s times qualified him for competition at the zonal competition held in Hawaii. The four best state swimmers in each age group compete at this meet. The increased competition has taught Furnary how to cope with pressure. Furnary also plays soccer, and he and a classmate are at work on a project to add a solar panel to the roof of their school.

Marquis Hall capped his

college basketball career at Lehigh University with a Patriot League champion- ship, a second consecutive league scholar/athlete award, and an exciting run at No. 1-ranked Kansas in Oklahoma City at the NCAA tournament. Though experiencing March Madness was tremendous, it was a little too brief, he says. Lehigh, ranked No. 16 in its bracket, gave No. 1-ranked Kansas a scare by jumping out to a quick lead and keeping the score close until late in the game. Hall scored 10 points in the game with five assists and two steals. A senior and team captain, he is Lehigh’s all-time assists leader.

Eetu Karvonen is a

MAC athletic member who has been toppling some long-standing swimming times. In the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events, he currently holds state and sectional records, some of which stood for 19 years before Karvonen came to town. Karvonen is a citizen of Finland and studies exercise physiology at Portland State. He has set a goal of earning a chance to compete for Finland at the 2012 Olympics in London. He is currently training for the Mel Zajac Jr. international meet at the end of May in Vancouver, B.C., and the Santa Clara International Grand Prix in June.

Bob Masin started writing

down some anecdotes about his father, Seymour

“Swede” Masin, a few years ago when Alzheimer’s began to take its toll on Seymour. What began as a collection of stories for family is now a published

biography, Swede, Weequahic’s Gentle Giant.

Seymour was a legendary athlete, especially in Weequahic, a predomi- nantly Jewish area of Newark, N.J. He set state track and field records and helped the Panzer College basketball team to a 44-game winning streak. He also played in the American Basketball League. The best part of the experience, says Bob, is receiving calls and letters from Seymour’s contem- poraries thanking him for the story.

Bailey Pearson followed

up an impressive perfor- mance at the state swim meet in February by finishing among the top three in seven heats, both prelims and finals, at the sectionals meet in Federal Way, Wash., in March. At the state meet he placed first in the 200-meter free- style and missed out on first by just hundredths of a second in the 200-meter individual medley. Four of Pearson’s top three finishes at sectionals were first place. Pearson had to miss the sectionals meet last year, so this was his first taste of this competition. He says swimming against faster competitors made this meet more intense than other meets. Pearson is a seventh-grader at West Sylvan Middle School.

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